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Trump previews 2024 Biden attacks in rambling 90-minute CPAC speech veering from menace to slapstick

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Former president Donald Trump previewed his attacks against President Joe Biden in the 2024 election when he spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday afternoon in a meandering speech that toggled between mocking his opponent and telling rambling anecdotes.

Mr Trump made the address at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on the day of the South Carolina primary, where he is expected to overwhelmingly defeat the state’s former governor Nikki Haley.

The twice-impeached, four-times indicted former president served as the main attraction for the 50th annual gathering of conservatives where he made his political debut in 2011. The conference’s executives – married

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